Sharkey Outpoints Schmeling In 15 Round Heavyweight Tilt
Jack Sharkey defeated Max Schmeling on a 2 to 1 decision in a lackluster 15 round title bout at Madison Square Garden Bowl New York. Sharksey battled back while Schmeling controlled the bout with aggression and speed finishing with a swollen eye on the ringside AP score. Gate revenue neared $500000 as 172000 packed the arena with overflow crowds.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
Madison Square Garden Bowl
New York
Jack Sharkey
World Tonight
Max Schmeling
Germany
Sharkey
Sharkey-Schmeling
Gunbai’ Smith
George Kelley
Charles Mathison
Schmeling
Max
A. P
Garden
Long Island
No Rain in Sight for Panhandle Plains Today
No rain is expected today in the Panhandle after severe Monday night storms. Temperatures will rise under partly cloudy skies, with highways drying and most roads becoming passable. County agents report damage to wheat and row crops from the deluge and hail, though totals are not yet estimated.
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Panhandle
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle Auto Club
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday in Amarillo and north portion while western Texas shows fair, warmer conditions. In New Mexico, fair with little temperature change. Yesterday’s high reached 78 and low 62 in Amarillo with 2.06 inches of precipitation in the 24 hours ending 4 PM yesterday.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Cesar
Cammenaetee
LPO Co Ccceves
Senate Nears Relief Ballot Amid Bond Vote Clash
Washington June 21 The Senate moved toward a key vote on the 2 billion relief bill with a major test over the La Follette amendment raising the public works bond from 500 million to 5.5 billion. Leaders seek to clear the relief question before Saturday adjournment. Hayden's 52 to 19 defeat on oil pipeline loans looms as a bitter later debate over eliminating bond provisions.
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Washington
Senate
Hayden
Ariz
Reconstruction Corporation
House Approves Post Office Probe by Vote of 189 to 139
The House authorized a congressional investigation into the post office department. The probe includes air mail and ocean mail contracts and post office leases. Sponsored by Rep. Sabath, the inquiry aims to examine practices at the department.
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Washington
Post Office Department
House
Rep. Sabath
Dem
Ill
Minnesota Democrats sweep primaries in repudiation bid
In St Paul on June 21 1928 new forces led by John E Regan won gubernatorial nom ination and propelled the Bumpers faction toward an uninstructed delegation for Alfred E Smith at Chicago Regan accuses regulars of fraud over the March state convention in a clash within the Minnesota Democratic party In Indianapolis Paul V McNutt is nominated by acclamation as Indiana governor candidate and Fred Van Nuys chosen for Senate to oppose James E Watson in November In Maine a wet governor nominee faces a pro prohibition friendly Republican as the State party braces for September election
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ST. Paul
Minn
Democratic Party
Minnesota
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John E. Regan
Alfred E. Smith
Chicago
Regan
Indianapolis
Paul V. McNutt
American Legion
Indiana
Fred van Nuys
James E. Watson
Portland
Maine
Chlorine Gas Leak Envelops Mt Vernon Suburb
A chlorine gas leak from a tank car at a Washining National Sands siding near Mt Vernon NY overran the area. About 85 workers and residents collapsed or fell ill as gas drifted over homes and laundries. Emergency squads and gas company crews treated the affected with inhalators.
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New York
New York City
Mt. Vernon
Washine National Sands, Inc
Brown Quietly Seeks Saloon Return in Senate Debate
In the Senate Borah quoted Postmaster General Brown as saying he preferred the return of the saloon to current conditions. The exchange followed Borah’s attack on the Republican platform supporting enforcement of Prohibition until a constitutional repeal. Garfield and Mills denied Borah’s claim, while Brown insisted he opposed repeal.
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Washington
Brown
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Chicago
Hoover
Idahoan
James R. Garfield
Resolutions Committee
Mills
Fess
Ohio
Postmaster General
Widow Charged in Texas For Mates Death Near Shallowater
Three months of investigation led to a murder charge against Julia Ballard, 39, widow of A. T. Ballard, in W. S. Clark's court. Strychnine was found in Ballard’s viscera after a May 28 disinterment. Ballard reportedly wrote a note suggesting self harm. she confessed to avoid blame. She remains jailed as grand jury deliberates.
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Lubbock
A. T. Ballard
Court of Justice
Longest Day Arrives With Local Sunset Variations
Amarillo residents learn the summer solstice arrived at 8:23 AM but sun length varied by location. Weatherman H. T. Collman notes days from June 9 to July 4 show minimal variation, with sunrise at 5:33 and sunset at 8:04, producing roughly 14 hours 31 minutes of daylight in most Panhandle areas.
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Amarillo
Panhandle
H.T. Collman
United States Warns No Arms Cuts Before Debt Relief
Geneva June 21 The United States told European governments that as long as they spend heavily on arms there will be no revision of war debts. Hugh Gibson head of the American delegation to the Geneva disarmament conference met with Premier Herriot and later with Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald to stress that disarmament must accompany debt relief.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United States
Europe
Hugh Gibson
Edouard Herriot
France
Morges
Lausanne
M. Herriot
Mr. Gibson
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Gibson
Pittsburgh Woman Threatens Bonus March to Capital
Mrs. George Huey of Pittsburgh says she will lead wives of ex soldiers to join bonus seekers at the capital if Congress does not grant a cash bonus to veterans by week’s end. Huey’s husband has been in Washington for two weeks.
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Pittsburgh
George Huey
Congress
East Texas oil field hearing weighs flat per-well limit
At a Texas Railroad Commission hearing in Austin, operators urged a flat per-well cutoff of 60 days at 60 barrels, challenging the current 61 barrels per well with a field cap of 325,000. Officials debated feasibility while supporters and opponents pressed for faster, simpler controls.
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Austin
East Texas
Texas Railroad Commission
Ernest O. Thompson
State Conservation Agency
J. F. Lucey
Dallas
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Thompson
Charles F. Roeser
Fort Worth
Texas Oil and Gas Conservation Association
War warns America to stay out of Asia in Tokyo
Viscount Kikojiro Ishii, former Japanese ambassador, warned the United States at a dinner honoring Joseph C. Grew that any attempt to dominate Asia would mean war. Grew affirmed America’s aim to preserve peace and honor treaties in the orient.
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Tokyo
Kikojiro Ishii
Washington
United States
Asia
Joseph C. Grew
Mr. Grew
America
Orient
Fleisher Indicted in Detroit Collingwood Massacre
Detroit gangster Harry Fleisher, who surrendered after a nationwide hunt, was indicted by the Wayne County grand jury on a murder charge tied to the Collingwood Apartment killings last September. He is charged in the slaying of Izzy Butker, one of three men killed in the massacre.
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Detroit
Harry Fleisher
Wayne County Grand Jury
Collingwood
Fleisher
Izzy Butker
Harry Keywell
Irving Millberg
Raymond Bernstein
Lindbergh
New Jersey
Earhart Entered National Geographic Circles by Hoover
President Hoover honored Amelia Earhart Putnam for her solo Atlantic flight. He presented her with the National Geographic Society’s first gold medal awarded to a woman as diplomats military officers and civilians looked on.
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Washington
Amelia Earhart Putnam
The
Atlantic
Hoover
Geographic Pioneers
National Geographic Society
Tender Scene Aired HUTTON PROPOSAL IS TOLD
Myrtle St Pierre testifies in the breach of promise suit against David Hutton, husband of Aimee Semple McPherson, describing a January 1931 moment in her apartment where he professed love and pressed for marriage, with a tentative wedding set for March due to expected oil wells. The testimony recounts a kiss and alleged love making that led to his marriage proposal.
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Los Angeles
David Hutton
Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton
Myrtle St. Pierre
David
Hutton
Garner backs repeal to seek Democratic nomination
Speaker John N. Garner calls for repeal of the 18th Amendment and says he is willing to run for the Democratic presidential nomination. He notes support from Texas and California delegates and outlines positions on tariffs, debt relief, and government costs. Prohibition forces react with mixed support while others urge a public vote on repeal. The statement follows Garner's return to the capitol after illness and stirs talks in Congress.
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Washington
John N. Garner
House
Capitol
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Hull
Tenn
Chicago
Garner
William Randolph Hearst
William G. McAdoo
Treasury
Representative Celler
N. Y
Suit for recovery of $5,000,000 against Fox filed
Nassau County supreme court heard suit for more than $5,000,000 against William Fox and six others. Henry A. Uterhart filed on behalf of the Fox Theater Corporation, with Fox as former president until 1930.
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Minneola
N. Y
Nassau County Supreme Court
William Fox
Henry A. Uterhart
Fox Theater Corporation
Wich Fox
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California
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